polsch

English translation: see below

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08:35 May 30, 2000

German to English translations [PRO]Tech/Engineering

German term or phrase:polsch

Relates to the shape of a pair of scissors: "Die mittelgroßen Modelle (vorwiegend polsch) sind auch für normalen Schneidarbeiten gedacht." The scissors can also have a "polscher Halm" (the area between the rings and the joint).

Explanation:For what it's worth (probably not much:) I only found one Web site with a potentially meaningful hit on >>polsch<< (see below) and nothing in dictionaries. Maybe you can tap into this company to get an answer.

Thank you all for your thoughtful responses, but to be honest, I wasn´t convinced by any of them...
Just for the record, the end customer has now provided contrasting pictures of a "verkehrter Halm" and a "polscher Halm". On looking at them, the first words that sprang to mind were "concave" and "convex" respectively.1 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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see below

Explanation:For what it's worth (probably not much:) I only found one Web site with a potentially meaningful hit on >>polsch<< (see below) and nothing in dictionaries. Maybe you can tap into this company to get an answer.

Thank you all for your thoughtful responses, but to be honest, I wasn´t convinced by any of them...
Just for the record, the end customer has now provided contrasting pictures of a "verkehrter Halm" and a "polscher Halm". On looking at them, the first words that sprang to mind were "concave" and "convex" respectively.

Explanation:This is deduction, but it looks reliable to me. A Halm is a stem. The polscher Halm is the stem-like portion of what? Of the handle, of course, by your definition. We also know that these middle-sized scissors are mostly polsch. So they are mostly handle.
The key is your definition, "the area between the rings and the joint".

Explanation:As Tom said, for what it's worth: I The the German scissor industry is located in the Ruhr valley, and the local dialect is essentially Kölner dialect, which is called 'kolsch' by its speakers. By analogy, then, 'polsch' would be 'polnisch' (and my German wife says that Polish Gastarbeitern have worked in the Ruhr for a century or more). Even if this is true, it still leaves the question of what a 'Polish' scissor is, and further whether there is an English equivalent. Good luck!